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Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Fund. Speaking to Financial Standard in Sydney, Vester explained that while he feels MSCI is a good business, the many active managers using its Emerging Markets Index have inadvertently "undermined the whole concept of emerging markets." "If you look ...

UK manager partners for Aussie distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... generate a "sustainable alpha" factor for companies operating in 33 sectors. The firm uses its MoRE database to manage active, low-volatility and smart beta portfolios of developed market global and regional equities. Clearway Capital managing director ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
Active and passive fixed income investing are complementary, not at logger-heads, and serve different purposes within portfolios and in different market conditions, according to QIC. In a new paper the investment management giant explores the debate ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Superannuation Fund announced the $14 billion global passive equity portfolio will employ a low-carbon methodology, exiting active investment in companies including Genesis Energy and NZ Oil and Gas. This, according to fund chief executive Adrian Orr ...

CBA chief executive will stand down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... you would expect of any organisation, the discussion with the chief executive on their potential succession timing is an active one and a continuous one," Livingstone said. "This is part of the orderly process of having those conversations and we thought ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... middle ground. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the merger with Aberdeen Asset Management - which will create a major active management entity worth more than $1 trillion in assets - Stern said "the whole concept of scale" will become an increasingly ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... rate notes is now available to Australian and Asian retail investors. Quantifeed and XTB have partnered to deliver the XTB Active Cash Australia model portfolio, meeting growing demand for a liquid yield alternative to bank deposits. XTBs provide a means ...

Losses consistent with growth objectives: CGA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The board of Contango Asset Management (CGA) responded to an ASX query about whether it had sufficient funds to continue operating, saying negative cashflows are "consistent with long-term growth objectives." ASX principal adviser, listings compliance ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... extraordinary competitive advantages." He also said the success of these companies makes a strong case for the ongoing role of active management in investment portfolios. Comparing performance to an S&P 500 index fund - a worthwhile counterpoint given ...